Environmental services industry

Experts question Danish LCA-based analysis of organics recycling

Article Abstract:

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA) published a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which typed an analysis called "welfare economic analysis" to evaluate options for managing household organic waste. The DEPA suggested that the environmental cost of incineration and anaerobic digestion (AD) are about equal while the benefits of composting household organics waste are not worthwhile.

Compost scores high on golf course

Article Abstract:

The Country club in Illinois uses an effective combination of biosolids and yard trimmings that have proved to generate positive results and enhance turf ecology. Several test plots are used to assess different composts and study the soil benefits.